Operation Rügen (ii)

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'Rügen' (ii) was a German naval minelaying operation off the west coast of German-occupied Norway by Fregattenkapitän Hans von Schönermark’s Minenschiffsgruppe 'Nord' (minelayers Brummer and Tannenberg) escorted by torpedo boats of Korvettenkapitän Konrad Edler von Rennenkampff’s 1st Torpedoboots-Flottille and Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Erdmann’s 2nd Torpedoboots-Flottille (3/4 February 1942).